Grandview police officers help rescue a distraught man who appeared ready to harm himself.

Grandview police officers help rescue a distraught man who appeared ready to harm himself.

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Updated: 5:27 PM CST Feb 5, 2015

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WEBVTT WE'LL BRING YOU ANY NEW INFORMATION AS IT COMES IN. LARA: POLICE ARE NOT ONLY CRIME FIGHTERS, THEY'RE OFTEN CALLED UPON TO HELP AT SOMEONE'S WORST MOMENTS. KELLY: CASE IN POINT -- A SUICIDE INTERVENTION IN GRANDVIEW THAT WAS CAPTURED ON DASHCAM VIDEO. KMBC 9'S PEGGY BREIT SHOWS US HOW THIS STORY CAME TO THE BEST POSSIBLE CONCLUSION. PEGGY: THE MAN ON THIS BRIDGE WAS DESPERATE AND DISTRAUGHT ON TUESDAY MORNING. BUT GRANDVIEW OFFICERS ON THE SCENE WEREN'T SURE IF HE WOULD HURT THEM WHILE ALSO TRYING TO HURT HIMSELF. SGT. GREG SMITH: THEY COULDN'T REALLY SEE HIS HANDS AT FIRST, SO THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF HE HAD A WEAPON IN HIS HANDS OR HE WAS JUST MAKING A THREAT. PEGGY: SO THEY HAD TO BE CAREFUL IN THEIR INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION. THE INCIDENT ACTUALLY BEGAN WITH A CALL TO OUR NEWSROOM FROM THE DESPONDENT MAN. HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO COMMIT SUICIDE, BUT WOULDN'T SAY WHERE HE WAS. OUR EMPLOYEE CALLED POLICE DISPATCH, WHO PINGED HIS LOCATION TO THIS BRIDGE. AT THE SAME TIME, SOMEONE DRIVING BY ALSO SAW THE MAN AND CALLED GRANDVIEW POLICE. OFFICERS INCHED TOWARD THE MAN FROM ALL SIDES, JUST LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY -- AND THEN IT CAME. SGT. GREG SMITH: HE WAS A PRETTY BIG INDIVIDUAL AND IT TOOK LIKE FIVE OFFICERS TO PULL HIM OFF THE RAILING. HE WAS GRIPPING ON THE RAILING PRETTY TIGHT. PEGGY: IN THE END, THE 28-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, THEN BROUGHT TO A HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. JUST THE ENDING POLICE WERE SEEKING. SGT. GREG SMITH: WE WANT TO SEE THIS INDIVIDUAL GET HELP. PEGGY: PEGGY BREIT, KMBC 9 NEWS. KELLY: GRANDVIEW HAS A CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM. EACH OFFICER GETS A MINIMUM OF 40 HOURS OF TRAINING TO LEARN WHAT TO DO IN SITUATIONS LIKE

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Grandview police officers help rescue a distraught man who appeared ready to harm himself.